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History: December 2024

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Retrospective · events of 1 December 2024

Kyiv's ceasefire offer hinged on NATO protection

Security

Reports in the final days of November 2024 pointed to a Ukrainian ceasefire condition and a large Russian strike on infrastructure.

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Retrospective · events of 2 December 2024

What did Kyiv gain by 2 December 2024?

Opinion

A look back at a package of US weapons, a conditional ceasefire offer and a damaging strike on infrastructure.

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Retrospective · events of 2 December 2024

US weapons package, ceasefire condition and power attacks: Ukraine's week

Security

A $725 million US weapons package, a ceasefire signal and a damaged power grid framed the security debate around that date.

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Retrospective · events of 4 December 2024

Warning shots over the Baltic on 4 December 2024

Politics

A Russian warship's fire near a German helicopter drew a condemnation from Berlin, days after Kyiv set out a ceasefire condition tied to NATO.

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Retrospective · events of 4 December 2024

Baltic warning shots and a new US arms package

Opinion

A look back at 4 December 2024, when a Russian warship's actions near a German helicopter sharpened concerns about Russia's pressure on NATO.

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Retrospective · events of 6 December 2024

Belarus gets nuclear security guarantees as missiles hit Ukrainian cities

Opinion

A Minsk security agreement and deadly missile strikes in two Ukrainian cities marked a day when the war's pressure was felt well beyond the front line.

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Retrospective · events of 6 December 2024

Putin and Lukashenko sign security guarantees for Belarus in Minsk

Politics

A look back at the security agreement signed by Putin and Lukashenko in Minsk, set beside a Baltic incident days earlier.

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Retrospective · events of 6 December 2024

What the Minsk nuclear pact meant for Europe

Opinion

A look back at a day when security guarantees, missile strikes and a Baltic incident shared the same news cycle.

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Retrospective · events of 6 December 2024

What happened on 6 December 2024 across the region

Opinion

A security pact in Minsk, deadly missile strikes in Ukraine and a Baltic incident formed one tense stretch of the war.

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Retrospective · events of 9 December 2024

Russian losses far exceed Ukraine's, Zelenskyy's figures suggest

Security

A look back at the figures the Ukrainian president gave for Ukrainian and Russian losses, reported on 8 December 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 9 December 2024

What Zelenskyy's casualty figures revealed on 9 December 2024

Security

A look back at the casualty numbers the Ukrainian president gave on 8 December 2024, and how they compare with later estimates.

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Retrospective · events of 9 December 2024

Soldiers only: the war-loss tally Kyiv gave on 8 December

Security

A look back at the war-loss numbers the Ukrainian president gave on 8 December 2024, and how they sit beside later estimates.

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Retrospective · events of 9 December 2024

What Zelenskyy said about war losses in December 2024

Politics

A look back at the casualty figures the Ukrainian president put forward on the eve of 9 December 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 9 December 2024

What Zelenskyy's casualty figures meant for Ukraine

Opinion

A look back at the war-loss numbers Ukraine's president gave on 8 December 2024, and how the background figures frame them.

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Retrospective · events of 10 December 2024

What Lukashenko and Zelenskyy said about war's toll

Politics

A look back at two statements, made on 8 and 10 December 2024, on casualty figures and nuclear weapons in Belarus.

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Retrospective · events of 12 December 2024

What 12 December 2024 showed about the war

Opinion

A look back at a day when strikes, arms sales and nuclear signalling framed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Retrospective · events of 13 December 2024

Moldova declares energy emergency over Gazprom transit

Politics

A retrospective on the Moldovan parliament's vote of 13 December 2024, taken as the Ukrainian transit contract for Russian gas was not renewed.

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Retrospective · events of 13 December 2024

Why Moldova declared an energy emergency in December 2024

Politics

A look back at the parliamentary vote of 13 December 2024 that set a 60-day state of emergency over the future of Russian gas transit.

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Retrospective · events of 16 December 2024

Parliament in Chisinau backs 60-day emergency over Gazprom transit contract

Politics

A look back at 16 December 2024, when a 60-day state of emergency in Moldova took effect amid a looming end to Russian gas transit via Ukraine.

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Retrospective · events of 17 December 2024

Moldova under 60-day emergency as Canada backs Ukraine aid

Politics

A look back at a day when Moldova's 60-day state of emergency over gas supplies had begun and Canada's military aid for Ukraine was recently approved.

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